The PyTorch Foundation announced that Hugging Face has been added as a Principal Member. At the same time, Lysandre Debut, head of open source at Hugging Face, also became a member of the PyTorch Foundation Governance Committee.
Hugging Face is a community and company dedicated to lowering the entry barrier for machine learning and deep learning. Its model center has more than 250,000 public models and 50,000 public datasets.
According to the announcement, Hugging Face has been a long-term supporter and contributor to the PyTorch ecosystem, accelerating the research, development and application of AI technology by providing powerful models and resources, especially in the field of natural language processing. Hugging Face's model hub and open source library facilitate collaboration and knowledge sharing within the AI open source community, making Hugging Face a good match with the PyTorch Foundation.
In this regard, Lysandre Debut, head of open source at Hugging Face, said:
“Our mission has always been to democratize AI and make it accessible to all. We are truly aligned with PyTorch’s goal of reducing barriers to entry for practitioners. By joining the PyTorch Foundation, we can further amplify this impact, And support the very important PyTorch framework in the ecosystem. We believe that these two ecosystems have a lot of overlap, and working with the foundation will allow us to bridge the gap and provide the best software and the best tools to the machine learning community. "
Ibrahim Haddad, Executive Director of the PyTorch Foundation, said, "We are truly impressed by Hugging Face's commitment to open source development and their outstanding contributions to the PyTorch ecosystem. With their help, we will drive innovation, foster collaboration, and empower the world The ability of the AI community to create transformative solutions."